Standing Desk App

Standing Desk App

Standing Desk App is a small Mac OS X utility by Puppy Bongos created to time how long you sit and stand while using a standing desk (or even just to remind you to stand up from sitting at a normal desk), all so you don't die from butt death.

Why Make This App?

There is one particular company (WHO SHALL REMAIN NAMELESS (FOR NOW)) that makes a swell application for Windows that provides similar capability. Their OS X version, however, is buggy and difficult to install, so Standing Desk App was created to fix those issues and make it even better.

Features

Ridiculously simple install and setup

Minimal interface: all main program functions are run from the menubar

Set snooze and pause-on-idle times, in addition to the obvious sitting and standing ones

Pause timer if you know you're going to be away (or you want to cheat)

Uses both notifications and sound alerts to remind you of the next action

Installation

The resulting Standing Desk App.app file should be moved into your /Applications directory before running.

Usage

If it's your first time running the application, you may have to right-click on the .app file and choose "Open" from the dialog box (once the app is properly signed, this shouldn't be necessary). In addition, on initial load you should be presented with the Preferences window, giving you a chance to peruse default settings and change them, if need be. Check the box that's labeled "Start application at login?" if you wish to never have to double-click the app ever again.

Configuration

The Preferences window (which can be accessed from the main menubar icon) allows you to change the following settings:

General - General stuff!

Stand/Sit interval preset

Standing time

Sitting time

Pause after idle time

Snooze time

Start on login option

Alerts - Audio/visual naggingreminding!

Stand alert sound, and its volume

Sit alert sound, and its volume

Shortcuts - Mice are for fools!

Pause/resume global keyboard shortcut

Skip keyboard global keyboard shortcut

Version History

v1.1 (02/27/2016)

Support for Turkish and French

Notification fix so they don't pile up in the Notification Center

v1.0 (10/2/2015)

Updates to CocoaPods and MASShortcut (for keyboard shortcuts)

Signed app so Apple should trust it

1.0 release!

v0.9.1 (10/2/2015)

Global keyboard shortcuts are now handled through Cocoapods

Sleep/wake should pause/resume the timer appropriately

Menubar icons more visible if Yosemite's dark mode is enabled

v0.9 (3/8/2014)

Stand/Sit Presets - choose from several options as a foundation for your standing desk usage